Which Star Wars continuity is more consistent
I mean EU SW wasn't exactly consistent due to the fact for a good portion of time, we only had the OT and thus we have stuff that eventually would have been retroactively retconned or just flat out incorrect by the time the PT came out. The EU wasn't exactly established fully until I'd say....like the late 80s/early 90s?
This is like...a good chunk of...10+ years of material if we start straight from the 1977 Marvel run up to the PT releasing.
Comparatively Disney Canon only has what...10+ years? Although honestly they have their own share of Continuity inconsistencies, though I'm not entirely sure what they would be. I know they retconned the Ahsoka novel? But that's about all I can recall off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's more. Didn't they also retcon something with Kanan? Or something with him and Depa?
Now if we even the playing field here, by which I mean we don't take into account pre-PT material for the EU and we just take post-PT EU material. Then frankly I'd say the EU is more consistent.
The entire CWMMP from 03 to 05 from what I can tell, is pretty well put together, even if it's across multiple mediums with the Microseries, novels, games and comics. I'd go so far as to say it's near perfectly done and aligns with the PT down to a T. The fact it's across multiple mediums makes it an impressive feat to have little to no inconsistencies.
Also no I’m not including TCW into this as it’s a completely separate Continuity from the EU.
Taking into account the GCW timeline, this again I feel is pretty consistent overall, I can't exactly recall any huge inconsistencies(again not taking into account pre-PT material) that stand out.
Post GCW timeframe, not too sure there's any inconsistencies on either side, but I haven't been paying much attention in that regard to either.
I know they retconned the Ahsoka novel? But that's about all I can recall off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's more. Didn't they also retcon something with Kanan? Or something with him and Depa?
You’re correct. The Ahsoka novel has been pretty much entirely supplanted by TCW season 7 and Tales of the Jedi. And the Kanan comics have been seemingly retconned or certain pieces changed, notably Depa’s death and Kanan’s time post Order 66 and involvement with the Bad Batch. I’m also not sure if Depa’s duels with Grievous are no longer canon or her character beats in general. There’s also minor inconsistencies like Yoda’s Lightsaber. Most of them stem from the comics and novels doing one thing and the shows doing another.
Canon is still more consistent despite Filoni working to wreck the continuity. He managed to damage Legends a lot more than he did new canon. The fact legends aknowledges Ahsoka post-2008 and has her appear in comics and novels is enough to say it has more plot holes than Disney canon.
If Filoni keeps at it, that could become a tie in a few years, though.
Off-topic, but outside of CV Filoni is the most overrated SW writer ever by a huge margin. In canon alone Timothy Zahn and Charles Soule >>>>>> Filoni.
@pedrolopesmateus: I wouldn’t say that Dave did much damage to the EU, TCW was never part of the C-Canon EU even before it aired its 1st Season, Dave, Lucas, Chee and Pablo stated this, so you can look at it as a whole separate Continuity. Thus any references or material outside of TCW, you can just apply it to TCW only and not the rest of the C-Canon EU.
In that case, there is no real damage done. It also makes a lot more sense this way, less headaches in trying to shove a square peg into a round hole. Dave much like Lucas only went with the movies.
I believe there were more inconsistencies created by Balogne and Lucas making TCW than all other post 90's content combined and I'm having trouble thinking of any outside of it.
Disney retcons something almost every time they put out a new work. Wouldn't be surprised if they managed to surpass the number of inconsistencies in the original continuity in the short time they've had ownership.
Off-topic, but outside of CV Filoni is the most overrated SW writer ever by a huge margin. In canon alone Timothy Zahn and Charles Soule >>>>>> Filoni.
Yea, I never got much of his hype. There are much better canon writers than him
@eredin12: Yeah, and I don't even say that because Filoni doesn't respect continuity. He is a mediocre storyteller in general. Rebels wasn't a good show and TCW had a terrible droid or Jar Jar episode to each very good episode/arc. He also feels like shoehorning kid characters in every single tv show (grogu, omega and etc). I prefer writers who don't PANDER to young kids. Like Soule. His Vader series isn't more than T-rated but it still felt like it respected adult readers (like myself), while Filoni feels like the good guys ALWAYS have to win.
@pedrolopesmateus: Agreed.
Legends is less consistent due to whatever the hell Dark Empire is. Not to mention all the stories of the main characters of the OT meeting before the actual movies...
Disney retcons something almost every time they put out a new work.
Not true, works not by Filoni haven't retconned anything. Andor in particular only aknowledged the canon stablished in the Rogue One visual dictionary.
That said, yes, Filoni may eventually end up wrecking the new continuity like he did Legends. And the worst part is he retcons stuff to replace it with an INFERIOR version. Like he did Kanan's Order 66 plot.
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